He hails from the land of the SunTaught from an early ageMany hands guide himTo understandThe Language of the Sea

With knowledge he findsAbilities of another kindEvery sign has a messageTells of whats to comeHe still chants to rememberThat’s the way of long agoHow it passes onFrom father to sonNow you pass it onFor everyone

Its the voice of long agoFrom the ancestors to usWe now understandThe voice of the Ancestors

With love and respectThe fire that you litWill never go outThe spirit of the AncestorsHave honoured usThey have come home to restWe remember again

And when the sun falls belowSmall eyes openThe stars take overThey stand up

This work that is doneSo precious to all of usWe must protect it

This one understandsThis one has given us a giftThis one has the languageThis one has returned it to us

I want to see you go throughMove into itPull away pull awayTemptations always looking for more

Some invitation to lose yourselfArmed with a needle and gunYou can bet on itPull away Pull awayYou know you got to break the spell

It’s always one more for loveTo believe and come alongWhat was I thinking of

You told me once upon a timeThat our love is strongWe will always go on and never dieBe my friend ‘til the endWell you lied

Liliu mai ve (turn this way)So high above the worldOnly you can seeLiliu mai veDon’t have what you wantBut I have what you needLiliu mai veSo high above the world no more and no lessLiliu mai veYou’re going nowhere slowly bleeding to death

Sympathy you can forgetWhatever you need to getHelp you through the HazeOn your return no regretsNo words can explainWhen you find yourself againDon’t give in to it

....." the key flavours of Te Vaka’s sound continue to coalesce with time; the chants becoming more hummable and the songs impossibly more rhythmic. Haoloto means Free and sets the tone of joyous release that ironically has captivated their fans who will fall in love all over again with fresh tracks like Tauasa, Te Mavaega and Tui Moana. New ears could hope for no better a time to experience Te Vaka’s South Pacific fusion. "........
Cal Koat Worldbeat Canada

…”Haoloto (Free) follows the established pattern of Te Vaka’s other five releases, but the sound here is fuller, the log drumming is more urgent, the female voices are more assured and Foa’i’s songwriting is in top form”… Songlines Magazine UK

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TE VAKA BEATS - OUT NOW!

"TE VAKA BEATS" is a 10 track album of new percussion tracks written by Te Vaka's master percussionist - Matatia Foai and produced by Opetaia Foai. "Te Vaka Beats" is for dancers, choreographers and anyone who loves log drums, skin drums and adventurous percussions. Mastered at "The Bakery" in LA by Grammy Award-winning mastering engineer, Eric Boulanger, you have not heard log drums like this before.